Stump-boring machine.



F. A. LONG.

STUMP BORING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED 0OT.14, 1913.

1,127,047. Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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ATTORNEYS WITNESSES 5m FL A. LONG.

v STUMP BORING MACHINE.

I APPLICATION FILED OCST. 14,1913. EJQ LUQYO Patented Feb.'2,1'915.

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WITNESSES ATTORNEYS F. A. LONG. STUMP BORING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.14, 1913v Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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,JIllLH-A V B LL L1 fiTTOR/VEYS WITNESSES FRANKLIN A. LONG, OF EUREKA, MONTANA.

swears-BORING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

Application filed October 14, 1918. Seria11i'o.795,070.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANKLIN A. LONG, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Eureka, in the county of Lincoln and State of Montana, have invented an Improvement in Stump-Boring Machines, of which the following'is a specification.

My present invention relates to machines for clearing land, and more particularly to a machine especially adapted to operations upon stumps and thrown logs for the purpose of permitting eflective fires to be started in the stumps and cutting the logs into sections which may be utilized to feed the stump fires.

The object of my invention is to provide a single portable machine combining a saw and certain boring tools which may be simultaneously operated and readily transported from place to place in order that they may be properly positioned with respect to the stumps and logs to be operated upon.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates my invention and forms a part of this specification, Figure 1, is a side elevation of my improved machine. Fig. 1, is 0. diagrammatic view illustrating the reversing gear arrangement of the transmission mechanism. Fig. 2, is a plan View. Fig. 3, is a vertical transverse section taken substantially on line 3-'3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4, is a detail view, partly broken away and in-section cf the upper boring head. Fig. -5, is a detail cross section through the boring head taken substantially on'line 5- 5 of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6, is a detail vertical section taken through the boring head substantially .on "line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

Referring now to these figures, the frame A of my improved machine is substantially rectangular in form and supported. at its forward end by means of a lower caster wheel B to opposite side projections of which are connected the lower ends of flexibleconnections B extending from a rearwardly proiecting steering post B The rear end of the frame issupported upon side wheels 0 and *C' mounted upon opposite ends of a rear axle C this axle being carried by the lower ends of depending supports C. To the wheel C "is secured a worm wheel G mesh with which is a worm. D this worm being mounted upon a two-part shaft lE,the parts of which are connected by a universal joint e, and'that vpart 'ofthe shaft to which 'the worm is directly connected being mounted through laterally projecting ears of one of the supports C as particularly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Upon the outer end of the opposite portion of shaft E is carried a gear wheel 6, this end of the shaft having a socket in which extends one end of an ad- -justing lever E provided with a latch mechanism in engagement with a notched arm 0 and movable to adjust the gear carrying portion of shaft E and to lock the same in desired. position.

Upon the rear portion of the frame A at a point substantially alined above the-rear axle C is a suitable motor F, the driving shaft f of which is connected, by a sprocket chain G and wheels, to a shaft H journaled beneath the frameA upon a bracket H and having a gear h located thereon directly above the gear e before mentioned. J ournaled also upon a stud shaft carried by the lower end of the bracket H and located be I low the before mentioned gear e is a gear h in mesh with the lower'gear k of a pair of superposed meshing gears. the upper gear h of which is in mesh with the gear h before mentioned connecting the same with the gear It at one side of the gear 6'. Thus the gear e is moved into engagement with gear 72. by upward movement of the forward portion of shaft E to-dri"e the rear traction wheels in one direction and this direction may be reversed by moving the gears e downwardly into engagement with the ear h. v

Disposed centrally below and longitudinally of the frame A and journa'led in supporting hangers I is the main driven shaft I for the operating devices. this shaft being connected, by suitable gear connections within a vertical boxing I, from the motorshaft 7, the forward end of shaft 1, terminating at a point slivghtlv forward of the center of the machine and provided at its forward end with a crank disk i. the crank pin of which is connected by a pitman z" to a saw fra'me J to which the rear end of the reciprocating saw blade J is connected, this sawframe having rearward extensions f slidable telescopingly within the tubular extensions of a laterally projecting U-shaped guide K, pivotally supported adjacent its inner end upon the forward end of shaft I wherebyit may bezreadily swung in 1a vertiical1 -direction' by means of a flexible connee:

wardly upon the handle or free'end of the lever K whereby to swing the saw guide K upwardly.

The saw guide K may be provided adjacent its inner end and upon its forward side with a projecting pin m on whichis journaled the inner end of a laterally projecting spur bar M, the depending spur of the outer headed end m of which is adapted to be drivenlinto the fallen log in order to prevent relative movement of the log away from the machine during the sawing operation. a

J ournaled at their inner ends upon the main driven shaft I are adjustable supporting bars N and 0' respectively extending upwardly and downwardly from the said shaft and supporting the upper and lower boring heads N and 0, it being noted that these supporting bars are inclined laterally toward the same side of the frame A and the opposite side thereof with respect to the sawing device, .the bars N and 0 being adjustably held by means of adjusting screws n and 0 respectively mounted throughslotted bars N 'and' O projecting upwardly and downwardly from the adjacent side of frame A.

Inasmuch as each ,of the boring heads N and O is similar in construction, a description of one thereof, preferably the boring I head N, a more detailed illustration of which appears in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, will suffice for them both,.it being noted however, that the boring heads N and O consist of reetangular frames through which are jour-v naled driven shafts P having sprocket wheels 72 connected by sprocket chains P to sprocket wheels on the main shaft I and that these boring shafts P are mountedthrough .theouter ends of the supporting bars N and 0, due to which the boring heads are adjustable upon the outer ends of their said supporting bars. Each of the boring heads is provided with a threaded boring bar Qhaving a longitudinal kev slot q and a bit Q at one end, the threaded portion of the boring bar passing through the frame of the boring head and being engaged within the frame of the headby a splined'g'ear R in mesh with a gear 1* sleeved upon the inner end of shaft P and adapted to be'connected there- -with through a clutch member R, the positidn of which may be controlled through a lever R Thus when the clutch member R is engaged by movement of lever R rotation is transmitted from the shaft P to the boring bar Q, insuch a manner as to permit the latter to be fed into a stump such as 1ndicated at S.

Mounted on the shaft P is a gear wheel 72 in mesh with the gear wheel t on a shaft T within the frame of the boring head and pivoted therein at one end at a point t in order to permit slight movement of its opposite end without disengaging the gears 79 and t by which it is driven, the last mentioned end of the shaft being provided with a beveled gear t movable between the beveled geared portions u and u of a sleeve threaded on the boring bar and confined by portions of the boring head frame. Shaft T extends, at a point adjacent its gear it,

through a slot in the boring head frame in which slot is slidably mounted an adjusting guide Y, having an inclined slot 3 through which shaft t passes and being slidable through the -actuation of a lever V so as to move shaft T to selected position to engage gear t with one of'the geared portions of the sleeve U. As shown in Fig. 4 the gear t is in neutral position, in which position the boring bar is without movement in a longitudinal direction. As soon as lever V is actuated to move the guide B in one direction or the other, ear t is thrust into engagement with one o the geared portions u and u, causing rotation of the sleeve U which, being held from longitudinal movement, forces the boring bar to move in one direction. When it is desired to reverse this direction the lever V is moved in an opposite direction to cause engagement of gear t with the other geared portion" of the sleeve U.

From Fig. 3 it will be clearly seen that the boring bar of the lower horizontal boring head is moved horizontally into the lower side portion of the stump, while the boring bar of the upper boring head isfed downward centrally into the stump, and- In order ,to prevent excessive relative movement of the frame of the machine when positioned to bore a stump, the upper bor- 12 v 5 ing head may be provided with apertured side extensions or through which a bar W is adjustably mounted by means'of set screws w, this bar W having extensions w at its lowerend to which are pivoted short spur bars X, the headed outer ends of these spur bars being provided with spurs which may be driven into opposite sides of the stump as best shown in Fig. 3.

Thus from the foregoing it will be seen that I provide a machine which is readily portable under its own power and may be quickly set up alongside a stump and adjacent a fallen log and its operating parts quickly adapted to the boring of the stump and the sawing of the log, and While the various mechanisms including the transmission boring mechanism and sawing mechanism may be varied as to their particular construction, it is to be understood that each of these mechanisms is necessary to a, proper operation of the machine as a whole.

A machine of the character described may be utilized to clear land with a greatly reduced number of workmen than usually required for this purpose and at a proportionately great saving in cost and may itself be economically operated and quickly and readily set up in any desired position.

I claim-:-

1. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a portable supporting frame, a driven shaft mounted in the frame, a stump boring mechanism including adjustable supports journaled at their inner ends upon the shaft and inclined upwardly and downwardly toward opposite sides of the frame, vertically and horizontally projecting boring heads carried in the same vertical plane by the outer portions of the said upper and lower supports respectively and pivotally adjustable with respect thereto, so that the boring line and range of one may intersect that of the other, and gearing connections between each of the said boring heads and the driven shaft, all for the purpose described.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a portable supporting frame, a driven shaft mounted in the frame, stump boring mechanism including beams journaled at their inner ends upon the shaft and adjustable thereon, said beams being inclined upwardly and downwardly, means for supporting the beams in adjusted position, vertically and horizontally projecting boring heads carried in the same vertical plane by the outer portions of the said beams, so that the boring line and range of one may intersect that of the other, and gearing connections between the driven shaft and the said boring heads, all for the purpose described.

FRANKLIN A. LONG.

\Vitnesses Seton C. KEMoN, PERRY B. TURPIN. 

